RIGA, Latvia � Latvia's center-right government is poised to stay in power after voters backed its plans to continue painful reforms required by an international bailout program to fix the Baltic country's crippled economy.
A near-complete vote count Sunday shows Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis' coalition winning more than 57 percent of the vote in Latvia's parliamentary election. That would give it approximately 60 seats in the 100-member legislature.
The preliminary results show Dombrovskis' Unity party finished first with 31 percent of the vote, while a pro-Russia opposition party came in second with 26 percent.
The prime minister says he will start coalition talks on Sunday.
Latvia's economy plunged 25 percent in two years, the worst drop in the European Union.
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